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Monday, May 2, 2016

Alpha Wolf Need Not Apply {+ Giveaway}

I’m
excited to remind you that tomorrow (May 3rd) is the release date
for USA Today bestselling author
Terry Spear’s ALPHA WOLF NEED NOT APPLY, the sixth installment in her Silver
Town Wolf series.

Thanks
to Terry and the wonderful folks at Sourcebooks, I have a print copy of ALPHA
WOLF NEED NOT APPLY to giveaway. Please see the end of the post for
more giveaway details.

Wolf shifter and park
ranger Eric Silver is committed to his job policing spectacular San Isabel
National Forest, and he’s hot on the scent of some mysterious wolves who are up
to no good. When Eric’s investigation leads him to cross paths with forester
Pepper Grayling, he’s fascinated to learn this she-wolf is her pack’s
leader—strong, independent, and definitely not looking for a mate.

AND THIS
TIME THE LEADER’S A SHE…

With unknown dangers on
the prowl, Pepper is tempted to give in to her attraction to Eric and align her
pack with his. But Pepper’s been pursued by many an alpha male out to take over
her pack and gain her hard-won territory—and Eric is a born leader. How does
Eric earn the trust of a she-wolf who’s been betrayed so often in the past?

You
may recall that Terry joined us on Monday, April 18th, to talk about the various wolf
reserves she visited while writing this book. Today, I have another excerpt
from the book to share with you.

An Excerpt from Alpha
Wolf Need Not Apply

“Hi,
Pepper,” the blond man said and closed his truck door.

Was it Waldron? Son of a gun.

He was rugged looking, like he lived half the time
in the mountains cutting trees by handsaw, muscled, stubble covering his
jawline, his amber eyes appealing to her to give him a chance. His mouth
remained serious though, as if it was too difficult to even approach offering
her a smile. Which made Eric think the man was truly irritated with her for all
that she’d done with the Silver Pack.

Pepper stopped and crossed her arms. “I want you
to pay damages for the buildings you had burned in Silver Town, Waldron.”

“We didn’t have anything to do with that. Sorry
for the trouble they’ve had. I offered to send some of my carpenters to help
out though, just as a way to assist another pack in the vicinity.”

“But you knew about it and had motive, so I don’t
believe you when you say you had nothing to do with it. Worse, you went after
places that all had to do with the Fairhaven boys being taken in—the jailhouse,
the tow truck place, and Eric’s house—because you have some notion he’s
interested in courting me.”

“Hell, he is.”

“All right, and so what if he is? That’s my
business, not yours.”

“If he is, he’d better watch his back.”

“And you think this is supposed to intimidate me?
Make me give him up? I don’t understand how you think this will make me change
my mind about you. You have nothing to offer me.”

“Protection from other alpha wolves wanting what
you have. Not only that, but all wolves want offspring. And since you don’t
have any of your own…” He raised a brow. “I can give them to you.”

Halfway to the building, Eric stopped walking and
stood next to an SUV, listening to the conversation. As long as Pepper was
handling this to her satisfaction, Eric didn’t want to butt in. Surefire way to
make her feel he was trying to take over. Although it was killing him not to
have his say over the burning of the buildings in Silver Town. He figured that
after she left, he’d have a private word with Waldron.

“If you harm anyone, set any more fires, anything
else like that—”

“What? Are you going to make me pay?” Waldron gave
her a smart-ass smirk, reminiscent of Jonathan’s action, and Eric guessed the
kid was copying the pack leader.

Eric bristled. He’d make him pay for it.

“Oh, and by the way, the Fairhaven boys? They’ve
been nothing but trouble since they grew old enough to be trouble. Their
parents are well rid of them. If the Silvers want to charge the boys for the
arsons, they have my blessing.”

“So your pack members did do the damage. Thanks. I’ll let
Darien know.”

“No. I’m just saying if anyone has a real gripe
with the town, it would be the teens. The tow-truck business, jailhouse—”

“And Eric? How does he figure into all this as far
as the boys are concerned? He wasn’t involved in their arrest.”

“He lectured them at the park when he had no right
to.”

“He’s a law-enforcement park ranger working in
that park, and the teens were stalking us. So yeah, he had every right and the
badge to go along with it.”

Eric wondered how the boys would view their pack
leader now that he was laying the blame on them, especially since Waldron had
to have put them up to it. If he left them to deal with the repercussions, the
boys might even reveal the truth this time and not take the bum rap.

“I’ve got business to take care of,” Pepper said
and turned to leave.

“You wanted the Fairhaven twins, and I’m giving
them to you without any fuss. So what do I get in return?” Waldron asked,
smiling.

She faced him again, her expression composed.
“Peace of mind now that the teens who are nothing but trouble are no longer
giving you grief in the pack? You owe me
for taking them off your hands.” She turned then and stalked off to her
vehicle.

Eric smiled. Pepper handled that like a she-wolf
with real class.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR:

Author Terry Spear

USA
Today bestselling author Terry Spear
has written over fifty paranormal and medieval Highland historical romances. In
2008 Heart
of the Wolf was named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.

A
retired officer of the U.S. Army Reserves, Terry also creates award-winning
teddy bears that have found homes all over the world and is raising two
Havanese puppies. She lives in Crawford, Texas.

This giveaway is for one print copy of ALPHA WOLF NEED NOT APPLY by Terry Spear. The
giveaway is open to residents of the U.S. only and will end at 12 a.m. (EST) on
Tuesday, May 10.

To enter the giveaway, just click on the
Rafflecopter widget below and follow the instructions. The widget may take a
few seconds to load so please be patient. A winner will be selected by the
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Progress Giveaway.” The winner will have 72 hours to reply to the email or
another winner will be selected. PLEASE
be sure to check your spam folder from time to time after the giveaway ends to
make sure the notification email doesn’t end up there. If you win and you’ve
already won the book somewhere else or you just decided for whatever reason you
don’t want to win (which is fine), once again PLEASE let me know.

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